Dash vs Widgets for Garmin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dash
Visualize your fitness data from Strava, Apple Health, or Garmin directly on your Home and Lock Screens. Track various activities and key metrics with customizable widgets. Offers a privacy-first approach, keeping your data on your device.
- Customizable widgets for Home and Lock Screen
- Connects to Strava, Apple Health, and Garmin
- Tracks running, cycling, swimming, skiing, and more
- Displays weekly, monthly, and yearly stats
- Monitors mileage, pace, elevation, and heart rate
- Privacy-first data handling
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Turn your Strava, Apple Health, or Garmin workouts into widgets you can read at a glance. Track running, cycling, swimming, skiing, multi-sport, and steps right from your Home Screen and Lock Screen. - Pick your data source Connect Strava, Apple Health, or Garmin and switch whenever you want. - See your progress instantly Choose small, medium, and large widgets with weekly, monthly, and yearly stats and metric trends. - Track the metrics that matter Follow mileage, pace, elevation, heart rate zones, goals, heatmaps across time periods, Training Load (TRIMP), Metric Trends, Cycling Power and Achievements. - Great for Apple Health too Use Steps Mode, goal widgets, and trend views even without Strava. - Privacy-first Your workout data stays on your device. We do not track users. Whether you're training for a race or just want a better workout dashboard, Dash keeps your progress visible all day. More widgets and metrics are coming soon. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dashworkouts.app/privacy/
Widgets for Garmin
Display your Garmin watch's health metrics directly on your iPhone's Home Screen and Lock Screen. Access Body Battery, Stress, Sleep, and more without opening the official Garmin app. Requires a compatible Garmin watch and Connect IQ bridge app.
- Home Screen widgets
- Lock Screen widgets
- Body Battery display
- Stress and Recovery metrics
- Sleep tracking integration
- Steps and activity basics
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WristGrid puts your Garmin watch metrics on your iPhone Home Screen and Lock Screen. See Body Battery, stress, sleep, recovery and steps at a glance, without opening an app. Used by 500+ Garmin owners. 55+ WIDGETS FOR GARMIN — Body Battery, stress and Recovery Time from your watch — Sleep stages from Garmin, with a sleep score calculated by WristGrid — Steps, distance, calories, floors and intensity minutes — Readiness and Sleep Debt, new in 1.3 — Weekly training and this week vs. last week — Home Screen and Lock Screen sizes ASK SIRI "How did I sleep on WristGrid?" or "What's my Body Battery on WristGrid?" — answered from your Garmin data. ALWAYS UP TO DATE Your data arrives as soon as Garmin syncs, so your widgets stay current without pulling to refresh. HOW IT WORKS 1. Install the free GW Bridge app on your watch from the Connect IQ Store. 2. Allow Apple Health access, where Garmin Connect writes your sleep and activity. 3. Add WristGrid widgets to your Home Screen or Lock Screen. YOUR VOICE SHAPES WRISTGRID Propose ideas and vote on what ships next in the WristGrid community, right from the app. WRISTGRID PREMIUM Widgets show your data with WristGrid Premium: an auto-renewable subscription with a free trial for new subscribers, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Available in English and Spanish. Requires a compatible Garmin watch, Garmin Connect, and our free Connect IQ bridge app. Your Garmin and Health data stays on your device. WristGrid sends anonymous usage and performance analytics, not linked to you, to improve the app; you can turn them off in Settings. Support reports are sent only when you choose to. WristGrid is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries. Garmin and Body Battery are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gurfus.dev/apps/wristgrid/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Widgets for Garmin at 4.2 against Dash's 3.4. Widgets for Garmin also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Dash's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (65% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Dash sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Widgets for Garmin sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Widgets for Garmin holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Dash's written reviews are positive against 50% of Widgets for Garmin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dash ships an update every 9 days, Widgets for Garmin monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dash | Widgets for Garmin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (13 ratings) | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rui Peres | Ferran Echaves |
Customer experience
Dash
Widgets for Garmin
In-app purchases
Dash
- Dash Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Dash Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Dash Pro - Lifetime$49.99
Widgets for Garmin
- WristGrid Plus Weekly$2.997 Days
- WristGrid Plus Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- WristGrid Plus Lifetime Offer$9.99
- WristGrid Plus Lifetime$21.99









